10 Curiosities You Don't Know About Vin Diesel
Mark Sinclair, born July 18, 1967, better known by his stage name Vin Diesel, is an American actor, producer, director, and screenwriter. He is best known for his portrayals of Dominic Toretto in The Fast and the Furious film series and Richard B. Riddick in The Chronicles of Riddick trilogy. He also was a producer on sequels in both franchises.
Diesel has also starred in films such as xXx (2002) and Find Me Guilty (2006). His voice acting work includes The Iron Giant (1999), the video game spin-offs from The Chronicles of Riddick franchise, and Guardians of the Galaxy (2014). He wrote, directed, produced, and starred in a short film titled Multi-Facial and the feature-length drama film Strays. He is the founder of the production companies One Race Films, Racetrack Records, and Tigon Studios. Info.
2. At the age of 17, he began working as a bouncer at a nightclub in New York called the Tunnel, where he got the name Vin Diesel. The name "Vin" is simply a shortened version of "Vincent". He received the nickname "Diesel" from his friends, who said he ran off diesel fuel, referring to his non-stop energy.
3. He has a fraternal twin brother named Paul. He also has a younger brother, Tim, and a sister, Samantha.
4. While on the set of The Fast and the Furious, he began dating co-star Michelle Rodriguez.
5. He is a huge fan of "Dungeons & Dragons" and has been playing the game since he was 12 years old. He even wrote the foreword in "30 Years of Adventure: A Celebration of Dungeons & Dragons".
6. Diesel's first film role was a brief uncredited appearance in the film Awakenings (1990).
8. His mother's background includes Scottish, English, and German. He has never met his biological father, and has stated that "all I know from my mother is that I have connections to many different cultures". He identifies himself as a person of color.
9. He holds the title of actor with the second highest number of Facebook fans (46,616,128 to be exact). Will Smith is beating him by a cool 4 million.
10. Despite having one of the coolest names in showbiz, it is not his real name. His birth name is Mark Sinclair Vincent.
Diesel has also starred in films such as xXx (2002) and Find Me Guilty (2006). His voice acting work includes The Iron Giant (1999), the video game spin-offs from The Chronicles of Riddick franchise, and Guardians of the Galaxy (2014). He wrote, directed, produced, and starred in a short film titled Multi-Facial and the feature-length drama film Strays. He is the founder of the production companies One Race Films, Racetrack Records, and Tigon Studios. Info.
10 Curiosities You Don't Know About Vin Diesel
1. The first movie in which he wrote, directed, starred and produced was Multi-Facial. He was only 26 years old when he did such a changeling job. This film was released in 1994 and it screened a year later on Cannes Film Festival. The movie was shot in less than three days at a cost of $3,000.2. At the age of 17, he began working as a bouncer at a nightclub in New York called the Tunnel, where he got the name Vin Diesel. The name "Vin" is simply a shortened version of "Vincent". He received the nickname "Diesel" from his friends, who said he ran off diesel fuel, referring to his non-stop energy.
3. He has a fraternal twin brother named Paul. He also has a younger brother, Tim, and a sister, Samantha.
4. While on the set of The Fast and the Furious, he began dating co-star Michelle Rodriguez.
5. He is a huge fan of "Dungeons & Dragons" and has been playing the game since he was 12 years old. He even wrote the foreword in "30 Years of Adventure: A Celebration of Dungeons & Dragons".
6. Diesel's first film role was a brief uncredited appearance in the film Awakenings (1990).
7. Diesel is a father and has two children. He has a daughter, Hania Riley (born 2008), and a son Vincent (2010) with his girlfriend, Mexican model Paloma Jimenez.
8. His mother's background includes Scottish, English, and German. He has never met his biological father, and has stated that "all I know from my mother is that I have connections to many different cultures". He identifies himself as a person of color.
9. He holds the title of actor with the second highest number of Facebook fans (46,616,128 to be exact). Will Smith is beating him by a cool 4 million.
10. Despite having one of the coolest names in showbiz, it is not his real name. His birth name is Mark Sinclair Vincent.
10 Curiosities You Don't Know About Vin Diesel
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